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CHILEAN BEAUTY TAKES ENGLISH TITLE
Miss Regina de Bittencourt, daughter of Julio de Bittencourt, formerly
Chilean minister in London, is now the Countess of Lisburne, wife of at
well known English society man and diplomat. Her debut was an event
of the London season of 1912. - She is the first Chilean woman to become
an English peeress.
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WOULD LIKE TO FIGHT FOR SAM
BUT THEY'RE BRITISH NOW
, London, March 29. Americans
' now fighting Germans under British
or French flag would rather be doing
it under stars and stripes, judging
from number who have appeared at
embassy to ask how they can trans
fer services direct to U. S. army in
case U. S. goes to war.
They face fact that they have lost
their American citizenship. To be
come members of British army they
had to swear allegiance to king and
forswear allegiance to all other coun
tries. Legally, such Americans can
not become American citizens again
without process of naturalization,
but they are confident that congress
will, under the circumstances, enact
special legislation letting them in.